Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1931 — Page 12

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Kirtdand_Beats Berne; Both Decatur Net Teams Are Defeated

KANGAROOS WIN OVERTIME TILT BY 10-11 COUNT — Bears Weaken In Extra Period; Close Defensive Play Features Kirkland Kangaroos, first, , second and girls teams, stood . all the power of three fighting j Borne Bear teams and sent i the Bears back with three de- - feats at Kirkland township! ( gymnasium last night before , a howling mob which filled, the gym. The Kangaroos won! ( 11-10 in an overtime mixup. | , The Kirkland second team; . continued its 1.000 per cent, by beating the embryo Bears, 26-16.( ’ And the Kirkland girls trimmed 1 the Berne girls, 31-17. ! 1 The first game started at 6:30 o'clock and before the contest was! ' scarcely started the gymnasium ! was crowded. There is a rivalry I 1 between Berne and Kirkland which I 1 equals that of the Army and Navy | 1 and every inch of athletic ground I ' was hard fought Friday night. | 1 In the big game, Berne started I in the lead and Smith, Bear for- ■ ward sank two free throws for the! 1 only scoring in the first quarter.! The Kangaroos were kept well box-1 1 ed and failed to count a single; ' tally. In the second quarter Smith ' sank two more free throws, bolst- 1 ering the Berne score to 4 and ' Zimmedman counted a free throw • for Kirkland, making the half time count, 4-1 for Berne. ' Yager made a point for Berne in the third period and Egly and 1 Adler both counted from the field for Kirkland. Score at the end of the third quarter was 5-5. In the final quarter both teams fought desperately for anything 1 that looked like a field goal. The j 1 tegular playing session ended with! i the count 9-9 and in the overtime I 1 period Kirkland scored a field goal I and Berne a free throw, making I the final count 11-10. The Kirkland fans ■ went crazy. In the preliminary, the Berne second team led at the half, 12-10, but the little Kangaroos got started in the closing period and ran up a ■ 10-point margin to keep their victory column perfect. The final count was 26-16. The girls' game was the first preliminary and the Kirkland girls had little trouble disposing of their enemies. Lineup and summary: Kirkland (11) FG FT TP Egly, f 11 3 Beavers, f. 0 0 0 Peineke, f. . .... Oil Sprunger, f. ........ 0 0 0 Zimmerman, c. .... 0 11 M g 1 0 2 Hoffman.- g. .0 0 0 Adler, g.. .2 0 4 Total 4 3 11 Berne (10) FG FT TP Smith, f . 0 4 4 Bmeker, f 0 11 Braitn, f 0 0 0 Yager, c 1 2 4 Brandt, g 0 11 Baumgartner, g. . 0 0 0 Total 1 8 10 Referee. Bowman. Huntington. Winamac, Dec. 5-(Special) Decatur high school basketball team lost to Winamac hitfh school Indians here Friday nii»ht hv a score of 26-1.9. The Decatur team went to pieces for about six minutes of the second nuarter but during the rest of the t’ame both teams battled on even terms. L. Stout and Reder were the outstanding scorers for the winners while Gay and Buffenbarger led the Decatur offensive. The difference in the two teams appeared Io be in the defensive power. Two Winamac players were ejected from the floor on personal fouls in the last quarter and the Decatur team’s inability to convert free throw’s into points cost the game. Buffenbarger missed several free throws and Gay and Feasel also bed a number of gift shots go haywire. The Winamac team, in wine'ng chalked up its sixth straight victory. The game was the hardest fought of the current season for the Indians. The Decatur team left here early this morning for Mishawaka where they will play the Mishawaka high school netters tonight. Lineup and summary: Winamac (26) FG FT TH L Stout, f 5 1 11 Miller, f>. 0 0 0 Kupkey, f 0 0 0 Reder. c 5 0 10 Pearson, g 10 2 M. Stout, g 0 0 0 Shank, g 11 3 Totals 12 2 26 Decatur (18) Buffenbarger f 2 15

Ogg. f 11 31 Gay, c 2 2 61 Strickler, c . .... . 0 0 0! Hill, g 12 4 Feasel, g 0 1 11 Totals 6 7 19 Score at half. 12-4 in favor of. Winamac. After fighting off a hard offensive drive by a much bigger Monroeville high school basketball team for ii'i entire htilf, Decatur Gath-* < I ■ b : gh school Commodores! wilted away in the c’osing' nuarter of a basketball game at Monroeville Friday night and lost the first game in three starts bv a count of 31-7. j The St. Joe Eighth Gradets continued their winning streak by ! beating Monroeville 14-7. The Commodores lost three men i on personal fouls in the last half, but the utility men fought hard; to stop the constant driving. The' game was close until the closing! minutes and at half time the Commodores were trailing 6-3. In the second half Carl Lose,! Hain and Omlor were sent to the' showers on personal fouls. The 1 Commodores scored 6 of their 7! points on field goals. The game, officials saw fit to call 17 fouls on Decatur and 4 fouls on Mon-| roeville. Lineup and summary: Monroeville (31) FG FT TP, Crates, f 1 3 5 Burnett, f 0 0 01 Clem, f 0 0 01 L. Marquart, f 0 2 2 Bailey, f 0 1 1' Ball, c 5 2 121 Franz, c ... 0 0 0 Meese, g 3 2 8 M. Marquart g Oil Longworthy, g 0 0 0 Speith, g ......... 1 0 2 Totals 10 11 31 Commodores (7) Hess, f . ......... 0 0 0 W. Lose, f 0 0 0 Hain, f Oil Lengerich, f 0 0 0 Kleinhenz. c 1 0 21 C. Lose, g 0 0 0 Keller, g 0 0 0| Omlor, g . 1 0 2 Miller, g 1 0 2 Totals ' 3 1 71 Score at half. 6-3 in favor of! Monroeville. — o — JEFF DEFEATS H ARTFO RD H. 8. Olen Marsh's Jefferson Warriors trimmed an old rival Hartford township at Berne * Friday ’ night by a decisive count of 32-23. The Warriors were going strong and Hartford fought vainly to stop the fusilade of baskets. The score at the half was 21-13 in favor of Jeff. The Hartford second team trimmed Jefferson's second aggregation by a count of 25-22. Lineup and summary: Jefferson (32) FG FT TP Egley. X 0 0 0 Moran, f 3 0 6 Miller, c . 113 Lefever, g 11 3 Charleston, g 5 1 11 Snyder, g 3 17 Bollenbacher, g ) 10 2 Totals 14 4 22 Hartford (23) Munroe, f j 2 4 Staley, f 2 15 Shoemaker, c 0 11 S. Anderson, g 1 0 2 D. Anderson, g ... 4.1 9 A. Shoemaker, g 10 2 Totals .... 9 5 23 Referee, Gentry, Indianapolis. LAOTTA WINS FROM EAGLES Monmouth Eagles lost a heartbreaker at LaOtta Friday night by a count of 19-18. The LaOtta netters proved too accurate on the small basketball floor in the closing period. The score was tied several times in each quarter. The score at half time was 10-5 in favor of Monmouth. Lineup and summary: LaOtta (19) FG FT TP Snoot, t 0 0 0 Whar, f 1 2 4 Balliet. f 0 0 0 Buchannan. if .1 4 6 Ennis, c 0 0 0 Wohstetter, c 1 0 2 Kisler, g 2 0 4 Sharp, g 1 3 Coil, g v v 0 Totals ti 7 19 Monmouth (18) Lytle, f 0 0 0 Stults, f 1 0 2 Brokaw, c 6 0 12 Fleming, g 10 2 Bittner, g 10 2 Totals 9 0 18 —■ —o— Lilac 1 * Habitat The lilac is native in eastern Europe and In temperate Asia.

JURY STUDIES | EVIDENCE AND i INSTRUCTIONS Knock At Door Proves False Alarm; Judge May Re-instruct PRINCIPALS STILL WAITING The Everett murder jury was still debating over a verdict at 4 o’clock this afternoon. Quite a commotion was caused in the court room at 2 o’clock when a knock was | heard at the door of the jury room. John Hendricks, who I evidently is foreman, asked Freeman Schnepp, special bail- 1 iff, to inquire 01 Judge D. B. ; jErwin if he would read part !of the evidence and part of the instructions. Judge Erwin informed the jury 1 through Schnepp that he was not 1 permitted to read any of the evi-i' deuce or part of the instructions! i but that he would read all of the!' instructions, if the jury felt that 1 1 ' would help any. ' i The jury in the murder itrial of Joseph Everett, 54, -charged with first degree , murder of Doras Weriing. 27, last June 29, following a dispute over swimming and fish- ! ing in the St. Mary’s river, at ( Pleasant Mills, six miles south : of Decatur, retired at 10:06 o’clock this morning after ! Judge Dore B. Erwin, who presided; 1 during the trial, gave his instruc-]' tions. Everett is charged with shoot-; ing Weriing with a revolver. One bullet entered Weriing’s right side and piercing the heart and another. 1 according to the indictment returni etl by the September grand jury, entering Everett's left wrist and! 1 glancing through Weriing’s left 1 knee. Weriing died in a few min- • utes. Everett made a plea of self ! defense. If the jury finds the defendant guilty as charged, the penalty can be death in the electric chair on life imprisonment. The court fixes the penalty, but under the first degree murder charge, Everett cannot be found guilty of a lesser crime, such as second degree murder or manslaughter. The court's principal instruction to the jury was the defining of murder in the first degree and what (constituted the act. The Instruction It was paragraph five of the court's instruction to the jury that defined the first degree murder act. It follows: “To render an act murder in the first degree, something more than the purpose or intention to commit it is requisite; the purpose must be premiditated. The ' word premeditate is a verb and is defined thus: "First, to think, consider. or revolve in the mind beforehand; to deliberate; to have formed in the mind by previous thought or meditation. Second, previously contrived, designed or intended; deliberate, as premeditated murder.” The principle involved, by which murder in the first degree, is this: In the former, premeditated malice required that there should be time and opportunity for deliberate thought and that after the mind conceives the thought of taking the lite, the conception is meditated upon and a deliberate determination formed to do the act; that being done, then no difference how soon afterward the fatal resolve is carried into execution, it is murder in the first degree.” Read Other Instructions The court also defined the stat1 ute relative to first degree murder, in addressing the jurymen, the court said, "You gentlemen, in this case, are the judges of the law as well as of the facts. You can take I Si ■ JBL ■MUM wr 1 Mrs. Weriing and Son Above is a photograph of the t widowed woman and her son Deljane.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1931.

Defense Attorney H. M. DeVOSS Attorney De Voss, chief defense! counsel, made the opening final I argument for the defense. the law as given and explained to you by the court; but if you see fit, you have the legal and constitutional right to reject the same and construe it for yourselves. Notwithstanding you have the legal! right to disagree with the court as to what the law is. still y‘ou should weigh the instructions given you iu this case as you weigli the evidence and disregard neither without proper reason.” Tlie court defined what constituted malice. He stated, • "The word malice in its popular sense means personal spite, hatred, ill will or hostility to another; yet in its legal sense it has a wider meaning and characterizes all unlawful acts done with an evil disposition and wrongful and unlawful motive, such as proceeds from a heart regardless of social duty and fatallybent on mischief.” The court read 17 of the 18 instructions prepared by the state and 32 of the 41 instructions prepared by the defense attorney. The instructions stressed reasonable doubt, self defense and intent. Around these contentions, the case was largely prosecuted. Jury Retires Following the reading of the instructions, which beaan at 9:15 o’ I clock, the jurymen marched from the court room to the juryroom. The doors to the room were locked by Freeman Schnepp, special cou.t bailiff. The court instructed the jury that if. and when it reached a deci’ion that the bailiff should be callee and he was to notify the court that they were ready to report. The court also told the jurymen that it was their duty to elect a foremen as soon as they retired. Case started Nov. 23 The trial was called November 23 and four days were consumed in obtaining a jury. Only one man, Cha. les Gage. 73, Root township farmer, remained on the regular panel. A total of 59 prospective jurors, including three women, were examined and excused »y the state or the defense. None of the women lemained on the jury. Members of Jury The jury was impaneled Friday morning, November 27 with the following members, Joseph L. McConnell, wholesale tobacco dealer; Henry Schulte, clothier; Bert Haley, plasterer; E. D. Engeler, retired merchant; A. D. Suttles, insutance man, all of Decatur; Wilmer Worthman. farmer, Kirtland township; John A. Hendricks, farmer, Wabash township; Charles Bahner, barber, Monroe; Enos W. Lehman, insurance salesman, Berne; Frank Kuntz garage owner, Berne; Dore Ansuaugh, farmer, Jefferson township; Mr. Ge;e. Everett Takes Stand Everett took tlie stand in his own defense Thursday and told of the incidents leading to the fatal shooting. He claimed that his act was done in self defense and that he did not intend to kill Weriing. tliat he just shot and saw Weriing tali. On the evening of June 29. Weriing, who lived at Pleasant Mills and was employed at the Decatur General Electric plant, with three other companions, went to the St. Mary's river, where they saw ; Everett, who spent much time in | fishing at a certain point in the river. The youths, Thomas Halberstadt, 16, James Halberstadt, Jr., 19 and Luther Sovine, with Weriing intended to go in Swim--1 ming when they encountered Ev- | erett and a tussel ensued. Two ! shots were fired by Everett from his automatic 25 caliber revolver. The fatal shot struck Weriing in the left side and pierced his heart. He died a few minutes later. Everett, in his defense, claimed that the boys attacked him and that he used his gun in self defense and did not wilfully try to kill Weriing. Lodged In Jail Everett was arrested and placed in jail and a charge of murder was filed against him by Prosecuting Attorney Nathan Nelson. He was given a hearing in Squire A.

C. Butcher's court and bound over i to the September grand jury with-1 out bail. He, was the September grand jury and charged witli I first degree murder. J. E. Anderson was foreman of the grand jury 1 which returned the indictment.' The court later fixed the trial date as Novembet 23 and EverMt has remained in jail since the com-, mission of the act. Attorneys in Case Assisting Prosecutor Nelson was , C. J. Lutz, who was appointed by' the court. Everett, who claimed to be a pauper was given an attorney. H. M DeVoss, being named by the court as counsel. C. L. Walters also assisted the defense. Gerald Fry. 26, of Pleasant j Mills, was the chief witness for the defense, win* in his testimony claimed that he was an eye-wit-: ness to the scrap and shooting. Mrs. Weriing, wife of tlie dead man aqd mother of his unborn child, was one of tlie important witnesses, besides Weriing’s companions, who were called to test!-, fy. Case of Much Interest Since tlie beginning of the trial ail sessions of the court have been largely attended. The court room was packed every morning and' afternoon and in several ocea-l sions it was filled to overflowing. I The crowd enjoyed the spirited ( presentation of both sides of the case by the able attorneys. Final, arguments were concluded Friday; anil the afternoon session lasted until 5:30 o'clock, Attorney Lutz making the firtal plea to the jury! and asking for a conviction. The defense attorneys concluded their plea earlier in tlie day. asking an acquittal on the grounds ! that Everett resisted the attacks in self defense. Second Murder Trial The Everett trial is the second murder trial to bq. tried in the I Adams Circuit court in the last 1 two years. In February 1930. Boyd Booher of Geneva was tried for the murder of Arch Beerbower. 1 Booher was charged witli putting, poison in liquor which Beerlower drank. Booher was found not guilty by the jury. A guments in the Everett rrur- 1 ter trial were concluded at 5:50 last evening and Judge Erwin announced that he would not give the instructions until nine o'clock this morning, turning the jury over to ' Bailiff Schnepp again. After the ju.y had retired to their room, the! judge told the big audience that i the trial was concluded now except- ' ing his instruction adding that they i .vere welcome to be present for! hose if they so desired but admonished them to be on hands before nine O'clock so as not to interfere; with the work of the court. He thanked them fjr the splendid order! kept and for the fine spirit in which they had observed all the requests I from the court. Mr. Walter’s Argument C. L. Walters began his argument at 3:15, speaking an hour and a quarter and ably presenting his ! side of the case. He told the jury they had been selected to act in oU' >f the most important causes evbr I heled in the county and that for ten days they had listened to the issues. “You were selected after the most exhausting efforts ever made he.e because both the state and the defense believed you would do your best. No one regrets more than I do that this terrible thing had to happen in this peaceful community mt your actions now will not recall i 'he dead. Gentlemen you are hea.-l ng a murder trial in which the! date seeks to destroy this defendant.” Joe sat during most of Mr. Walters argument with his hand covering his face, an abject looking figure and his sisters and other relatives wept as the gravity of the case was discussed by the attorneys. "His life is at stake” said the speaker. "We are not whining or snif ling for mercy but we do demand from you, Joe Everett's peers the right of fail trial. Every averlife l • > w Doras Weriing Weriing was the victim of the shots fired during the argument at Pleasant Milla last June 29.

Walters For Defense ■ ■ C. L. WALTERS Mr. Walters joined tlie defense side of the trial on the opening day ! and assisted Mr. DeVoss throughout the trial, making th elast part of the closing argument. ment must be proven beyond rea-! sonahle doubt. Murder cannot be; committed without a motive and ■ the state has failed utterly to show malice in the heart of my friend Joe Everett. Murders kill for gjld. for lust, for hatred but there is no substance of motive here, no evidence! of law violations in Joe’s record. He | did not know Doras Weriing, never saw him until there at the river. ; You can see Joe is not a killer by ) looking at him. He is just a common, every day man, not used to S6O mattresses, he slept in barns and kept his clothes in an outhouse but he has a soul, body and mind and I don’t believe an Adams county jury will destroy that body. If you find him guilty the court would have the power to order him electrocuted.” Attorney Walters devoted some time to the evidence of the Halberstadt boys to whom he referred as “Wordy warriors from Pleasant Mills,” "the boys with the parrot like stories”, "pugilistic roosters,” etc. “What would have happened if Joe had been killed in that fight? Doras Weriing was a victim of circumstance, led to his slaughter: he was a good man but willing to take a dare and to brave an issue. He ios t iiis life. Gentlemen it is better to err on the side of acquittal than conviction, on the side of mercy rather than justice. I believe Joe lias told a logical story. What would you do if a 180 pound man was on your back and two huskies were pounding you and yelling, down the ? if you hive any red blood in y#u, you would fight. Joe is a poor world underling with no powerful .friends in court but he ha: rights. There is no evidence that this gun was ever pointed at Weriing in such a manner that a bullet could have entered his right breast.” Mr. Walters discussed the evidence of the physicians and exhibited the picture of Everett, concluding with a plea that the jury give Joe a "break.” "Do as you would be done by..” Mr. Lutz’s Argument Mr. Lutz began his address to the jury at 4:15 and his hour and three quarters was one of the most brilliant efforts of his forty-five years before the bar of the Adams circuit court. He began by acknowledging his appreciation for their close attention for these days, the interest of the people and the coni sideraetion by every one connected i with the trial. “I am glad I live in , a land like this where men may j feel sure of receiving a fair tria land whee justice Is meted out. This land and its future depends on con# munities like this where folks are folks and all are believes in abiding by the law." "I feel very deeply the responsibility of my position” said Mr. Lutz. "Many years ago I took an oath before this bar as have you and my only desire is to be as helpful to you as I can.” The eiforts of the defense in this case seems to have been to try to get you n.it to do your duty because that is always difficult." ; The lawyer read the statute and called attention to the fact the duty of the jury is to find the defendant ‘guilty’ or ’not guilty’ and that it is the courts responsibility to fix the punishment which in all cases ex cepting when murder has been comj mitted in connection with burglary i rape o - banditry may be life impriI aonment.” "Did this man commit this murder? Thats what you must decide. | Thou shalt not kill was a command i written on tablets centuries ago j and that law has come down I through a'l the ages. 1 have no feelj in? against Joseph Everett. I do j not know him and never saw him I until he entered this court room for : trial. I don t intend to abuse any j one. this is too serious a case for ; that kind of business and right and ; right here let me say that the terms used to name the Halberstadt boys were uncalled for. The fact that self defense is pled is admission of the guilt of the defendant.” It was a sad and solemn scene

presented in the court room just ! then. On one side sat the mother, j wife, sisters, brother and other rel-1 atives of the slain man. Tear filled ; their eyes as the incidents were j gone ov-r and over. On the other' side sat the sisters, brothers, nieces | and nephews of Joe Everett, their i head bowed in sorrow. We could ! not help feeling how needless it was to- this terrible thing to have occurred in this community. And Mr. Lutz was proceeding. “Os course Joe had a right to fish in the quarry and the boys had a right to go dawn to the ’old swimming hole.’ " He . described the automatic gun and asserted it was all set to take seven lives if used that way. He described dramatically the shooting as he believed it occurred. Reviewing the evidence he pjinted out that Doras and the three boys went down to the river. Os these Daras cannot speak. The other three tell practically the identical story. Then there was Joe and the man on the hill (Fry). Thats all except one who Fry says was with him (Garwood) who is as silent as the grave. Joe got in boat with his gun in his hand. Luther Sovine told you the truth. That boy could not have done anything else if he tried. ‘lf you want to go in, go a head' were the last words of Ikiras Weriing excepting to ask if he was shot. That was all he said during that trouble. The boys saw Doras plunge forward. You know the story and we know of no other evidence we could have secured. It is up to you to weigh and decide. Remember Joe was 250 feet away, had a deadly Weapon, fired the shots, that Weriing died. Joe's expectancy in life is 16 years while that of his victim was 43 years. That wouldn't be paying too much tor this crime, would it? They ask that this man be turn ed out with his guns to frighten people and then expect you to say you have done your duty.” Mr. Lutz closed with an appeal to the jury to do the! rduty not forgetting that while the defendant has the right of every protection but so has society and once the barriers are broken down, law is not effective. "I appreciate your position but you must follow the law How about the other side? Are not the widow, this little tot and the unborn child to be considered? Will you say we let a man go who shot another down? 1 know you will do your duty like men and I thank you.” Jury Kept Together The jury has been kept together ever since November 27. The jury roomed at the National hotel and took their nieals at local restaurants. Wherever one member went the other 11 men accompanied him. They attended services at the Pres byte ian church last Sunday and were s£en taking walks around the ■ity early in the morning and In the evening. —o LENIENCY ASKED IN VERDICT; DELIBERATION OVER 15 HRS. (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE Judge Erwin then read the verdict and said: "Mr. Foreman, is this your verdict?" “It is,” replied Hendricks. "So say all of you." Judge Erwin said. Every man answered “yes.” Attorney DeVoss was on his feet immediately and asked permission of the court to poll the jury. DeVoss then asked each juror if the guilty verdict was his verdict and each answered in the affirmative. Everett hung his head and did not look at anyone. After thanking the jurors the men were dismissed by the court, and as they filed out the Halberstadt family and Mrs. Weriing thanked each juror. There were tears in the eyes of everyone at the defense table. Many of the spectators congratulated Attorney Nelson. C. J. Lutz, special state's attorney in the case was not disturbed. He has been ill most of the day and had asked the court not to notify him. DeVoss, Walters and Everett lield la short conference in the court room library before Everett was returned to the jail. No indication was made whether a new trial motion would be filed. Everett came out of the library and Sheriff Johnson asked him if he was ready to return to jail. He | said that he was and lie walked out by himself with Sheriff Johnson and Officers Clark and Dowling behind him. There was no demonstration, but there was happiness on the faces ' of many in the court room. The members of the jury left immediately for their homes. Judge Erwin said that he probably would not sentence Everett for a day or two. j The charge carries a mandatory ! sentence of either life imprisonment or death by electrocution. During the long hours of the night, the voices of the jurors rang ! out through the court room and for la time it was believed the 12 men were in an impossible deadlock. Slowly the tide turned, however,

and the knock ' amo’clock. MRS. WERI'ix G shakes hands I WIT H JURORsI stadf, parents 1)f Mrs Others at the table w erß I Mrs. Virgil Neuensehwa-dG .’’fl and brother-in-law of ‘ Mr ? ing. Frank Fortney and Bll( - k Lfl friends of the Halberstadt, and James Halberstadt | r latter two eye-»;- n , SS( . s t 0 ' ing and Miss Ivernj .*■ of the slain man. r ‘ g ' Slsl fl Both the men and H tear stained eyes, but the X 4 *as not shown otherwise thanfl shaking hands with the juro?. ■ Little Delane Weriing. f our .. ■ old son of the murdered man *■ present. He is hardly old to realize that Ins father has taken from him forever, but U- w B present every minute ot u J and appeared happy w-,..,, i,„, J expressed themselves. ■ - s STOCK SHOW I NEARS FINISH I UONTINUEIi FROM champion bull Divide Sensatiaß paid by Hayland Farms, Shaml burg. 111. ■ CREDIT PLAN I IS effective! CUNTINIiED from PW.goWtB effectively that loans are Ma>at-I cepted and funds r-mitted to till local associations for borrotttl banks on the same day on wbn| the loan applieati.-ns are receit<| In some Instances loans havebm| arranged and funds placed at lltt| disposal of bo rowt:..- banks witkk| tour or five hours." I Co-operation of large bank h| New York City has enabled thee»l poratfon to borrow lovally sn.ticiwH funds to cover all loans thus tar,■ the directors said. I This has eliminated nee’ssityfor] calling upon member banks tn pay I my parr of their subscription totie| corporation’s gold notes. I The directors retrained frntpr-X ing any publicity to the amoiuud| loans made to associations. ttettM tricts concerned or the names «(■ borrowing banks themselves. Hg| held that the corporaueii's reiati»l ship with loan associations and »■ dvidual banrks was confidential I n !■ JUDGE RECALLS I FORMER TIMES] CONTINUED FROM PAGEOfflil his memory went back to years ago. At that time Julfl Erwin was a school teacher i> Union township He lived wi4 Charles Gage and I-ee Stults in a house In the country and C. L Walters, another I nion townsW teacher spent more than half th time with them. Today, Judge Erwin is presiding over a murder case; Mr Malte# is attorney for defense in same case; Mr Gage is on t# jMty and Mr. Stults has not mi» ed a session as a spectator. Judge Erwin stated that >!» following year he came to De 1 "® to teach in the West ward » while teaching there two hB pupils were H. M. Detoss a Arthur Suttles. Today Mr. W Voss is chief detense counsel n the murder trial and Mr. Suttl# is a member of tlie jury- — — ■; | KIDDIES USHER JOLLY OLD MAN THROUGH CITI CONTINUED FROM ' chants. , it The Indian guide, Benias*-' _ erected a tent on the C ourt o lawn and prepared meals " dogs. He told the boys tn» interesting stories about the ” and about scouting. bers of the Boy Scout troop ' ' Decatur were especially 1" ed In the Indian, as he »» 0 In charge of the largest Scout camps in the co « n O- “ ' er persons also visited, » guide and learned 1 things about the northern e ««" I The iocal Boy Scout assisted Santa in dlstrlbu 1 f w ; gifts of candy and In 1 order about him. who *” stantly beseiged with chi Santa remained in De** day greeting the chi dr visiting the stores of loca # chants, who had coopobserving Santa Claus • decorating their stores a ■ playing Christmas Tlie eight large northe 1 remained at the ’ oU are p* : square where children mitted to pet them. --- o ‘ Get the Habit—Tr#d# “ H ’"*